Plenty of the white stuff 4

Mom and Jim were originally scheduled to go back home on Wednesday morning at 8:00am. Once we saw what the forecast had in store (another 10 to 20 inches starting on Tuesday through to Wednesday), we realized that they stood very little chance of that flight actually taking off. We worked a little magic and managed to get their flight switched before Southwest Airlines officially allowed changes to be made free of charge. It's amazing what can be done when you ask to speak to the supervisor.

We moved up Mom's birthday dinner to Monday night and had a wonderful evening out before the next wave of snow started falling. I am most grateful that they were able to come for a visit and equally grateful that they were able to get back home relatively trouble-free and in plenty of time to make it back to work. It was like hitting the lottery having them snowed in with us. Not having to be the main entertainers for Ian and Sam for 4 days straight took a lot of the pressure off Jeff and me. Even with my house on the small side, we did a great job keeping our wits about us, had many laughs and could probably manage another week before going completely stir crazy.

During this most recent snowstorm (blizzard #2 in Feb. 2010) I've missed the extra set of hands and eyes. The harder part in all this is the amount of school Ian is missing. Granted, it's preschool, but when you get used to your little boy being gone from 9:30am to 1:30pm, Monday thru Friday, it is hard having him home all day, every day. At this rate, I am not sure when he'll be able to go back to school.

I've resigned myself to the fact that the tv and/or wii is on non-stop. Just when we were finally able to start going back out in the world, we had to stay in and prepare for the next snowstorm. This latest batch dropped another 12 inches on us and officially put us at the top of the list in the 1st position for the snowiest winter the D.C. area has ever seen. It's pretty exciting that years from now when they flash the list on the news to compare future snowstorms with, I can say we were there for it and survived. Not bad for a girl who grew up in Florida.